Andy Worthington: ‘Shocking Story’ of Innocent Gitmo Detainee Tortured Into False Confessions

At The Huffington Post (HuffPo), leading journalist on Guantánamo Bay and the Bush Administration torture regime Andy Worthington analyzes the full story of Fouad al-Rabiah, a Kuwaiti detainee ordered to be released by a Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly last week. Mr. al-Rabiah was believed to be a member of al-Qa’ida or Taliban supporter, based on what he revealed to interrogators: his meetings with Osama bin Laden. His ‘revelations’ was false.

Federal Reserve Appeals Transparency Court Order

Bloomberg’s Freedom of Information Act victory over the Federal [sic] Reserve (FED) is being appealed. Last week’s Congressional hearing to audit the FED–with testimony from Thomas E. Woods, Jr.–can be viewed here.

Paulson Attempted Secret Deal for Goldman-Wachovia Merger

Former Goldman Sachs C.E.O. and Bush Administration Treasury Secretary Henry “Hank” Paulson tried to use the Federal [sic] Reserve to hand Wall Street super-financiers to Goldman Sachs in September 2008.

Weapons Inspector Discusses Iran Nuclear Farce on AntiWar Radio (mp3)

Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter discussed the latest farce surrounding Iran civilian nuclear program with Scott Horton at AntiWar Radio, Tuesday

U.S. Expanding Nuke Production

The country with the most nuclear weapons is also the only country to use them–twice. President Barack Obama–who titled his 1983 undergraduate thesis at Columbia University, “Soviet Nuclear Disarmament”–is surpassing hypocrisy with his Energy Department expanding proliferation while bringing non-proliferation resolutions before the U.N. Security Council. Mr. Obama continues to enable Israel’s covert proliferation of nuclear weapons and the threat to use them against Iran’s international agency-safeguarded low-enrichment facilities for its nuclear energy program while repeating ‘demands’ at the compliant Iran. Matthew Cardinale reports at Inter Press Services (IPS).

Applebaum’s Soft n’ Cuddly Proxy War With Iran

Anne Applebaum makes the case for a U.S. taxpayer-funded “human rights campaign that battles Iran from within”.

Brad Spangler Interviewed by Motorhome Diaries

The MHD guys dropped by for a visit. Here’s the interview that resulted (9:47):

Greenwald: If Testing Missiles is the Sign of an Aggressive Regime, the U.S. and Israel Ought to Be Brought Before the U.N. (Video)

Glenn Greenwald provided a voice of reason on the latest Iran farce on msnbc’s “Morning Metting” hosted by Dylan Ratigan.

Questions Regarding Afghan COIN Strategy

The “enduring truth” embedded in the Newspeak is that the Bush Administration “dropped the ball” Afghanistan as if there was ever a shot at running it into the endzone–to keep with the stupid metaphor. I don’t get it.

‘Severe Sanctions’ and ‘Threat of Israeli Strike’ Loom Over Iran in Latest Farce

The U.S. secretary of defense and secretary of state talk tough on Iran’s non-operational facility for uranium low-enrichment near Qum (also spelled “Qom”) that will be open to the appropriate international weapons inspectors.

Military Sources: McChrystal Report Calls for 500,000 Troops in Afghanistan

msnbc’s Andrea Mitchell reports that–according to military sources–redacted in the report [.pdf] submitted to the Pentagon by the top U.S.-NATO commander, General Stanley McChrystal, is the assessment that 500,000 troops are needed in Afghanistan between the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Afghan National Army (A.N.A.). By this fall, the U.S. share of the–over 100,000-troop–ISAF coalition is to be around 68,000 and the A.N.A. is currently numbered at around 92,000.

Iran Uranium Low-Enrichment Plant ‘Not Yet Operational’

After all of the headlines and soundbites, the watchdog and intelligence can’t make a case for Iran being a threat.

Police Assault Those Protesting Expanded Powers to G-20 Oligarchy

Masses in opposition to globalization demonstrated in Pittsburgh, PA against the meeting of oligarchs from the Group of 20 industrialized nations (G-20). The militarized police assaulted protesters, curbed free speech, and made overt threats to ensure the elite attendees of the highly politicized G-20 Summit were pleased.

U.N. Focus on Iran Ignores Israel’s ‘Fanaticism’

The U.N. Security Council “unanimously approved a U.S.-drafted resolution on Thursday calling on nuclear weapons states to scrap their deadly arsenals”, Ha’aretz reports today, along with Israeli diplomats were “relieved” that the Goldstone Report out of the U.N. Human Rights Council–which condemned Israel’s war crimes committed in the Gaza Massacre–was “scantly mentioned”. The focus of Western leaders were on false assertions of the ‘threat posed by Iran’.

Anti-Atheism

Notes and facts about the most hated and feared minority…